[pkg-wpa-devel] Bug#477479: wpasupplicant: Integration problem with ifplugd ?
giggz
giggzounet at gmail.com
Wed Apr 23 12:51:43 UTC 2008
Package: wpasupplicant
Version: 0.6.3-1
Severity: normal
Hi,
I'm running under debian sid with a laptop. My wifi card is an
ipw2200. I'm using the 2.6.24.4 with the last firmware. The wifi card
and the wifi interface work good.
I have ifplugd and wpasupplicant on my laptop. ifplugd is a
configuration daemon for ethernet devices : when a link beat is
detected on the interfaces ifplugd launches ifupdown.
On my pc ifplugd watches all the interfaces (eth0 = wired ; eth1 =
wifi). When I plug a wired cable, ifplugd detects link beats an I get
internet.
Without any mention of wpasupplicant under /etc/network/interfaces,
when I have an open network at proximity, ifplugd detects it and I get
internet.
Now I would like to integrate your great app wpasupplicant in this
system. I have a WPA wifi network. So I have configured wpasupplicant
to work with it. I have written a conf file for roaming with ssid et
psk key. Then in my /etc/network/interfaces I have added :
iface eth1 inet manual
wpa-roam path_to_conf_file
iface default inet dhcp
I don't have any "auto eth1" or "allow-hotplug eth1" because ifplugd
can't work with them.
So now if I do
sudo wpa_supplicant -ieth1 -c path_to_conf_file -d -K
I have internet.
then
sudo wpa_action eth1 stop
to deconfigure it.
If I just do :
sudo ifup eth1
I get internet.
then
sudo wpa_action eth1 stop
to deconfigure it.
But If I don't type these lines I don't get any connections. ifplugd
doesn't detect any beat.
I found something interesting :
If I enter "sudo ifup eth1" and my wifi card if off (through the wifi
hotkey), I don't get any connection (normal). But if I switch on my
card, I get internet directly. And that's because wpasupplicant was
launched by the ifup before. Then ifplugd detects beats and so I get
internet.
Is there a way to solve this problem ? Is there special wpasupplicant
option for this ?
Sorry if this bug report is not in the right place...
Best regards,
Guillaume
-- System Information:
Debian Release: lenny/sid
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.24.4-1 (PREEMPT)
Locale: LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=fr_FR.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) (ignored: LC_ALL set to fr_FR.UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Versions of packages wpasupplicant depends on:
ii adduser 3.107 add and remove users and groups
ii libc6 2.7-10 GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii libdbus-1-3 1.2.1-1 simple interprocess messaging syst
ii libpcsclite1 1.4.100-3 Middleware to access a smart card
ii libreadline5 5.2-3 GNU readline and history libraries
ii libssl0.9.8 0.9.8g-8 SSL shared libraries
ii lsb-base 3.2-10 Linux Standard Base 3.2 init scrip
wpasupplicant recommends no packages.
-- no debconf information
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